Icom IC-R8600 I/q Output Reference Guide - Page 3

I/Q SIGNAL, ■General - software

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I/Q SIGNAL ■■General DDGeneral description You can get I/Q signals from the [I/Q OUT] port on the IC-R8600 by connecting the IC-R8600 and a PC, with a USB cable. You can receive I/Q signals and control the IC-R8600, through the USB cable. [I/Q OUT]port IC-R8600 (Ver.1.30 or later) USB cable • I/Q data • Control command [USB]port (USB3.0/USB2.0) Driver PC Windows 10 Windows 8.1 Windows 7 (32/64 bit) (32/64 bit) (32/64 bit) Requirement: ••IC-R8600 firmware must be version 1.3 or later. ••Windows 7 /8.1/10 PC (32 bit or 64 bit) ••USB 2.0 or higher ••USB I/Q driver (USB I/Q Package for HDSDR) You can download it from the Icom web site. (The software is commonly used with HDSDR*.) *An SDR receive software (freeware). You can download it from: http://www.hdsdr.de/ I/Q signal specifications: Sampling frequency Bit depth 16-bit 24-bit 5.12 MHz Yes N/A 3.84 MHz Yes Yes 1.92 MHz Yes Yes 960 kHz 480 kHz Yes Yes Yes Yes 240 kHz Yes Yes Signal Bandwidth 4.48 MHz 3.31 MHz 1.63 MHz 815 kHz 408 kHz 203 kHz 2

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I/Q SIGNAL
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General description
You can get I/Q signals from the [I/Q OUT] port on the IC-R8600 by connecting the IC-R8600 and a PC, with a
USB cable. You can receive I/Q signals and control the IC-R8600, through the USB cable.
Requirement:
IC-R8600 firmware must be version 1.3 or later.
• Windows 7 /8.1/10 PC (32 bit or 64 bit)
• USB 2.0 or higher
• USB I/Q driver (
USB I/Q Package for HDSDR
)
You can download it from the Icom web site.
(The software is commonly used with HDSDR*.)
*An SDR receive software (freeware). You can download it from: http://www.hdsdr.de/
I/Q signal specifications:
Sampling frequency
Bit depth
Signal Bandwidth
16-bit
24-bit
5.12 MHz
Yes
N/A
4.48 MHz
3.84 MHz
Yes
Yes
3.31 MHz
1.92 MHz
Yes
Yes
1.63 MHz
960 kHz
Yes
Yes
815 kHz
480 kHz
Yes
Yes
408 kHz
240 kHz
Yes
Yes
203 kHz
General
(
Ver.1.30 or later
)
IC-R8600
I/Q OUT
port
PC
USB
port
(
USB3.0/USB2.0
)
Windows 10
(
32/64 bit
)
Windows 8.1
(
32/64 bit
)
Windows 7
(
32/64 bit
)
Driver
• I/Q data
• Control command
USB cable